Door-hanger.



No. 665;'080.- Patented Jan. l,vl90l.

, H. L; FERRIS.

DOOR HANGER.

(Ag uplication filed Dec. 11, 1899.)

(Nb Model.)

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HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 665,080, dated January1, 1901.

' Application filed December 11, 1899- Serial No. 739,877. (NomodeL) Toall whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in door-hangers, the objectof which is to provide means whereby an unusually heavy door may becarried upon a hanger the construction of which interferes with its freeoscillation upon the track.

Other and minor objects have been obtained in the preferred constructionbefore described, all of which will appear herein and in the claims forthe improvements making up the complete invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger, a section oftrack, a bracket,

and a part of a protecting-hood. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionin line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hangerplate;and Fig. 4 is a detail transverse vertical section in line 4 4 of Fig.1, the view in the case of the two sections being indicated by thearrows 2 and 4, respectively.

Referring to the drawings, A is one of a series of brackets secured tothe structure on which the door is hung, to the upper ends of which issecured a protecting-hood a, designed to cover the brackets and theworking parts of the hanger as a protection against rain,

sleet, and the like. The bracket is braced by means of a post a, so thatits lower end hangs parallel with the structure and supports ahorizontal track 0, preferably composed of two parallel angle-irons c0', arranged side by side with their vertical webs secured to thebrackets and their horizontal webs in the same horizontal plane.

The hanger proper, as shown, is made up of a hanger-plate D, a dependingstrap (Z, and rollers (1 d journaled within the plate and running uponthe track. The rollers are flanged upon their outer sides and arejournaled upon their axles (1 supported at their respective ends by thehanger-plate D and horizontal straps 61 01 secured to the plate andembracing the rollers. The two rollers travel respectively'upon therespective horizontal flanges of the angle-irons, and as they move backand forth upon the track the supporting-brackets pass between them. Forthis reason and because of the width of the track traversed by therollers it is impractical to oscillate the hanger in a plane at rightangles to the track, which is often necessary or unavoidable in theirordinary use. For this reason I have pivoted the strap (1 to thehanger-plate upon an axis substantially parallel with the track, so asto permit the strap to oscillate in the direction referred toindependently of and without disturbing the relative positions of theremainder of the hanger and the track. 7

The hanger-plate is preferably made U- shaped in cross-section, with themiddle portion downward, and the ends of said middle portion bent inwardto form a round bearing d upon which the strap d hangs, as seen in Fig.2. Said strap dis preferably U-shaped, as shown, with its ends bent backuponthemselves to form hooks embracing the hangerplate and the door,which is held firmly between the two depending portions of the strap, asseen at E in Fig. 2.

A stay-bolt F is preferably passed through the hanger-plate to assist inpreventing the spreading apart of the upper portions of the same. Itwill be seen that the door is thus permitted to pivot freely upon thehanger plate in a plane perpendicular to the track and that anyoscillation in suchldirection cannot disturb the hanger proper.

The exact details of the construction shown are not essential to theinvention, broadly considered, as great variation in these details ispossible without any material departure from the more important featuresof the invention.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In adoor-hanger, the combination of a plate or frame substantially U -shapedin cross-section and having the opposite ends of its middle portion ofcircular form, rollers supported within the plate and a door-supportingdevice extending from the circular portions of the plate and pivotingthereon in a line substantially parallel with the track; substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with the hanger-plate, D, substantially U-shaped incross-section with the middle portion downward and the ends of saidmiddle portion bent inward to form round bearings, of a suitabledoor-holding device pivoted upon said bearings and a pair of rollersjoui'naled between the opposite portions of the plate; substantially asdescribed.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Harvard, in the countyof McHeni'y and State of Illinois, this 1st day of December, A. D. 1899.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

L. E. NORTON, H. J l FERRIS.

